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Free-Zone Passive Shareholder Long-Stay Visa

DjiboutiStarting a business

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Is this for a founder, startup entrepreneur, self-employed person, freelancer, company owner or another business profile?

For a shareholder of a Djibouti free-zone company who has no operational function in the company (i.e. not an employee, director or manager) but makes occasional working visits to the territory.

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What must actually exist or be demonstrated: business plan, company, innovation, clients, contracts, economic activity, job creation or other substance?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm what business substance must exist or be demonstrated.

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Limits of the record
  • Searched for business substance (company, activity, contracts) required for the passive-shareholder long-stay visa; the only passage ('shareholders who have no function in the company...') is the certified r1/r3/r4/r5 citation, and it states no substance requirement.

What investment, capital, income, revenue, funding or viability evidence is central to this pathway?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the investment, capital, income or viability evidence required.

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Limits of the record
  • No official source in the supplied corpus states any investment, capital, income, revenue, funding or viability evidence required for a passive free-zone shareholder long-stay visa.
  • No minimum shareholding size or financial threshold is specified for this population.
  • DPFZA, Entry Visa page (exceptions clause)
    The following people can benefit from renewable long-stay visas , without a residence permit or work permit : shareholders who have no function in the company but who sometimes make working visits to the territory

What business/self-employed activity may the holder conduct? Are there important restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?

The holder is a shareholder with no operational function in the company who makes occasional working visits. Unlike an operational director or free-zone employee, the holder is exempt from both the residence-permit and the work-permit requirement that otherwise accompanies the long-stay visa. The official source does not state the family position.

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What approval/application sequence applies, how long is the status granted, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction is officially stated?

The route grants a renewable long-stay visa valid for 12 months with multiple entries; no separate residence permit or work permit application is needed for this population, unlike the general rule for free-zone employees and directors. The official source does not state a longer-term residence direction.

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